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Show GENERAL SHIPPING STRIKE IS ORDERED By International News Service. NEW YORK, June 2S. A general strike of seamen, engineers, firemen, longshoremen and others employed In coastwise shipping was ordered late tonight to-night at a conference under the auspices of the American National Transport Workers federation. Representatives were present from the various unions embraced In the federation and the Water Wa-ter Front federation. President George C. Bodlne of the federation announced, aftor the conference, that tho strike would begin tomorrow and that 40,000 men would be involved In this city alone, while eventually 150,000 strikers along the Atlantic coast would be affected. The agreement between the companies and the union expires tomorrow and tho former have refused a renewal of It on tho ground that the "closed shop" provision pro-vision is too dictatorial and Injurious to their interests. |